FRANCE RESTORED.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 9

FRANCE RESTORED.

Making Good Ihc War's ' Devastation. i i , | HEE OWN RESOURCES. 'I r i r.\RIS. February 22. li The wonderful restoration of France » j from the desolation can sod by the i j Oreat AVar was d<»srril«c<3 by M. Andre i , Tardicti. Minister in chsrpe of the dec ' vnst.ated region*, at a banquet at Kheims. j At the time of the armistice in November. U»IS. there were 500.000 he<u«-cs and !HX>O factories which required ito be repaired or completely rebuilt. 1 Apart from the reel* mat ion of land and j the rer-oiiMriKTien of <-oaltnir.es there 0 ] were .V..(K«"i miles r .f toad* ami j.'./in.t „ ' miles of railway- 1 ■■> i." rr] aired. : i! ' '

1: i .., <-»t iv.a* '] "'it-'* • ■u: . v(. ,j;<i I.< >•* .«« »" «•' •»' "< : ' -a:il M Tardf: <iV.:- '."I*l 7r% <«r trt • u fi/WtO -jf-ni. }"um" ha (J 1 H'f-n al>i< 1 1 : ak r- • oil <<f Jit 'i rr -< " ]j< jj.. f i>\,-jai •.••1.. A' a th'- .1-'. n'<<] VCT<- ■ ■■•v ■ "Mr i a •ai ,:i 1 i-n. RUSSIAN CENSUS. POPULATION 1"; 530.000. 1.1 '\I ». I\\ ] . ,;a: \ 22. ' 7 !;<• ]._•< -J - '.. I• . " . f tb'- " I»a ily Tvlfi-1 a -*r- '.iy tr.k«T> . !.}»..u »• ii 1 ;h- ]•"] -1:1 a•:«•!; Jlwu i» ■ ]44>oh i NO CHALLENGE. I AUSTRALIA AND DAVIS CUP. |" ~ i r-.'.n i KNv.. This <iar. Th» r-vr.r.l . f the Lawn Tennis A—o cUf.'-r. t-i Au-I r a I.a not U> i^ui a cha!;< r.~.- - " in- Da\i« Cuj> this rear Both I'a'.urv.n and Ha-.vkos, as j.rc\ i ,o'u'ly aiir.o'.ir would be unable t< | ir.ako thi- in;'.